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9 December 2016

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

8.3 |
AltSounds

8.0 |
The 405

Bramwell's writing is full of his brutally honest and self deprecating charm
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8.049843

8.0 |
Daily Telegraph

The idea behind this is to rip off those softening sheets and let the raw edges of Bramwell’s heartbreak stick out
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8.049755

8.0 |
Mojo

It's John Bramwell's knack for a kind of 'surely this one must be a cover-version' classicism that impresses most. Print edition only

8.049757

8.0 |
Q

The private jets are still a way off, it seems, but artistic success is theirs. Print edition only

8.049758

8.0 |
Uncut

All kitchen-sink realism and mordant one-liners. Print edition only

8.049749

8.0 |
The Fly

Over far too quickly, it’s another near flawless record from the Manchester trio
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8.049751

8.0 |
Drowned In Sound

It isn’t a straight retread of its orchestral predecessor, and nor does it push the boat out towards more bombast. Instead, Let It All In is a tighter, more relaxed LP, full of beautifully restrained, crafted songs
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8.049805

8.0 |
BBC

A consistently intriguing album and, in the long run, may even prove more enduring than its predecessor
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8.051026

8.0 |
PopMatters

An album that re-affirms that I Am Kloot and Bramwell in particular, have lost none of their ability to create beautiful music
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8.049910

8.0 |
Independent on Sunday

May not score for originality, but it marries a downbeat songcraft to an expansive sound
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